Rare Ptolemy VIII Oktobol

CNG 99, Lot: 394. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ Oktobol (42mm, 82.85 g, 12h). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing right, wings spread, on thunderbolt; f to right. Svoronos 1641; Weiser –; Asolati 84; SNG Copenhagen 651; Noeske –. VF, brown surfaces. Rare.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.